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Thanks, well some people in my family says it could mean goldsmith based on etze=ätzen and rodt=rot ei to cauterize in red. Red meaning gold. But I have a suspicion that explanation might be folk-etymology. Variants can be Atzerodt, Etzeroth, Etzenrodt and probably combinations of these variations. So I might be related to George Atzerodt, part of the Lincoln-conspiracy. I've seen people with either of these names in Holland, USA, Germany, South Africa and of-course Denmark(My family)